Platte Bridge Pony Express Station Painting Photos, 1860

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Platte Bridge XP Station painting by WH Jackson, c. 1860

Name/Title

Platte Bridge Pony Express Station Painting Photos, 1860

Entry/Object ID

P1974.9.21

Description

Platte Bridge Pony Express Station Painting & Marker Photos, 1860 Photo of painting by W.H. Jackson depicting an isolated station next to a white log bridge spanning the Platte upon which a long line of wagons is traversing. Legend: "W.H. Jackson painting of the Old Platte Bridge in Fort Carson Museum at Casper, Wyoming. The Pony Express used this bridge and it no doubt was much appreciated since many were the streams and rivers without bridges that the Pony forded." old digital file name: WYPlatteBridgeStation2.

Made/Created

Date made

1860

Place

State/Province

Wyoming

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express

Search Terms

Pony Express Station, Platte Bridge Pony Express Station, Western Art

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 8½" x 6½"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

W. H. Jackson

Provenance

Notes

Painting in Fort Carson museum.